Inside 92-Year-Old Yoko Ono's Final Days Away From Spotlight She Once Lusted After
Yoko Ono is spending her final years in reflective seclusion, far from the spotlight she once craved, with sources telling OK! she now believes she has changed the world and now wants the peace of watching it from a distance.
The avant-garde artist, musician and activist – who stalked John Lennon before they met – has retreated from public life decades after rising to global fame in the 1960s and meeting Lennon, whom she married in 1969.
Their personal and creative partnership, forged after they met at Ono's London art exhibit in 1966, reshaped cultural and political activism in the early 1970s as the couple settled in New York City. The pair welcomed their son Sean in 1975, made boldly experimental music, and became fixtures of anti-war and civil rights campaigns.
But Ono's world changed irreversibly on December 8, 1980, when Lennon was shot and killed outside their Upper West Side home as she stood nearby.
Yoko Ono said she missed her husband's 'tenderness' after he was shot. Ono later said about his assassination by unhinged fan Mark David Chapman: "What I miss most about John is his incredible tenderness and his belief in me ... love can sometimes be h---. You could abuse each other in the name of love. But the thing that worked in our relationship was that we never lost respect for each other and always made sure to express it. We loved each other like there was no tomorrow."
That devotion shaped the decades that followed Lennon's death, with Ono continuing to create art while guarding Lennon's legacy. She also remained the subject of intense public fascination and criticism, including lingering claims she was the reason for The Beatles' breakup.
The new HBO documentary One to One: John & Yoko, directed by Kevin Macdonald, revisited the pivotal era of the couple's activism, music and relationship. It charted their life in New York, where they collaborated on albums such as Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins, Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions, Some Time in New York City and Double Fantasy.
The film also recounted their One to One benefit concerts on August 30, 1972 – Lennon's only full-length performances after The Beatles' final show in 1966.
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